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Zanu-PF, opposition and the road to 2028
Zanu-PF's internal power dynamics regarding President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure beyond the constitutionally mandated two terms ending in 2028 and the state of the currently fractured opposition....Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:32hrs | 240 | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute
Delma Lupepe sucked in nasty mine dispute
Former Amazulu Football Club owner and businessman Delma Lupepe is embroiled in a contentious legal battle over allegations of fraudulently acquiring Duive Enterprises Private Limited, a mining entity...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:04hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Sham elections likely to spark uprisings - Analysts
THE failure by regional bodies to deal with disputed elections in Zimbabwe could lead to a possible revolution, a new report has warned.Zimbabwe will hold general elections on 23 August 2023 b...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
What do we have to show for Africa Day except traditional attire?
When the OAU (Organization for African Unity) was established on 25th May 1963, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), the main objective of the founding fathers was the unity and solidarity of all the people Afr...Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Third World Underdevelopment - a forced condition
Underdevelopment in Africa, Latin American and much of Asia is not a condition of being several centuries behind the various kinds of transformations experienced in the capitalist centre but a conditi...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Zimbabwe 5 years after Robert Mugabe - so, what has changed?
A climate of fear still lingers in Zimbabwe, five years after long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was deposed. As the country marks this milestone, few people are willing to speak openly about whether the g...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 17:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian coup leader blames Zimbabwe for wave of coups in Africa
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has blamed Zimbabwe for allegedly setting a wrong precedent of coups in Africa after late President Robert Mugabe's November 2017 ouster was sanitised and p...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
US hits back at SA claims on Zimbabwe sanctions
South Africa and the United States have traded barbs over the migrant crisis in the southern African economic hub which its president blames on American sanctions on Zimbabwe.President Cyril R...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shareholders fight directors over Tetrad Bank control and assets
TETRAD Investment Bank (TIB) shareholders are locked in a heated row with its directors for the control of the defunct financial institution's US$13 million assets. TIB has properties and othe...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 18:49hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Africa's acceptance of oppressive regimes fueling coups and terrorism
So, yet another African country has fallen to military rule! This time around - in apparent quick succession of one African government after another, particularly in the Western region - it wa...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 15:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Over R500m lost in SA debit card scams
Gross losses due to fraud committed on South African-issued debit cards amounted to R520,5 million in 2020 – an increase of 26.5 percent compared to 2019.This is according to 2020 crime stat...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 5 | by William Jethro Mpofu
White farmers compensation gets murkier
Zimbabwe's ministers of Land and Finance issued a joint statement on the farm compensation issue on September 3, 2020, a month after the controversial signing of the Global Compensation Deed between t...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:01hrs | | by Ben Freeth
Currency devaluation slashes Zimbabwe wages by 90%
Zimbabwe's rulers are finding that two decades of economic mismanagement and brutal repression have led them into a trap, from which there's little chance of escape.If they implement the polit...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Bloomberg
Mnangagwa summons Billy Rautenbach
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has summoned controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach to answer to charges that he is denying thousands of Chingwizi villagers access to potable water after fencing off ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The West judges Zimbabwe differently
The Western world judges Zimbabwe at a higher standard than it does other African countries, and that's not entirely a bad thing.The temptation is to demand that the European Union (EU) and th...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by newZWire
Militia gangs in ZANU PF: Ex-member speaks out
A former ZANU PF activist Setfree Mafukidze has for the first allowed Zimbabweans to peep into the dreaded militia gangs that are used by the party to inflict violence on opposition member...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 15:40hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Retired Hungwe boycotts Chadzamira party
While former ministers of state throughout the country's 10 provinces were busy in the last week making official handover –takeovers with their successors, Josiah Hungwe of Masvingo was peculiar by ...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
US sanctions on Zimbabwe - truths, history and lies
A new regime of US sanctions has just been signed into law, opening a fresh front in the increasingly polarised political debate in Zimbabwe.Critics say they hurt the economy, while supporters...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 19:01hrs | | by newsZWire
Mliswa urges Mnangagwa to deal with corruption
Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, has urged president Emmerson Mnangagwa to act against corruption. "President ED has to be seen to be acting against corruption & the newly formed departmen...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 21:45hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Militarisation of politics rarely delivers democracy
In an effort to rebrand and remake himself, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made glaring misrepresentations on the nature of the political transition, commitment to free and fair elections, ability a...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Pedzisai Ruhanya & Bekezela Gumbo
A tale of three vice presidents
The tragi-comedy in the main opposition party vis-à-vis succession is as sad as it is amusing. Coming at a time of mourning the demise of its leader, its both taboo and embarrassing. How can ...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 16:07hrs | | by Tondorindo Chinehasha
The implications of the Zimbabwean military coup
What constitutes national security? The importance of national security - measures taken by a state against external and/or internal threats to its economy ...Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Has Robert Mugabe finally gone too far?
Zimbabwe's military says its actions do not amount to a takeover. It still refers to Robert Mugabe as the commander-in-chief of the country's defence forces. But practically speaking, Mr Mugabe is not...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 15:40hrs | | by Tomi Oladipo
Zimbabwe judiciary a victim of Zanu-PF factionalism
The dramatic revocation of Ray Goba's appointment as prosecutor general (PG) late last week betrays just how far the executive, aka the Zanu-PF ruling elite, has captured the judiciary. The judiciary,...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 17:42hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
'President Mugabe finished without veterans'
HARARE - This week's nasty and public fall-out between President Robert Mugabe and restless war veterans probably marks the beginning of the end for the increasingly frail nonagenarian's long tenure i...Published: 23 Jul 2016 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai can eat his cake, literally
LAST week, on March 10, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai turned 64.We all wished him a happy birthday and so many happy returns.In fact, begrudging Tsvangirai a happy birthday is as...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Telecel deal to be finalized
President Robert Mugabe's government this was week expected to pay VimpelCom Limited about $30 million in outstanding funds for a 60 percent stake in Telecel Zimbabwe. Although company exe...Published: 22 Jan 2016 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF accused of destroying food production through farm invasions
Maize production drop has culminated to Zimbabwe being in need of $300 million for the import of maize from the neighboring countries such as Zambia and South Africa.This was revealed by Vic...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 08:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Open Letter to Mugabe on Mat'land aka Bukalanga Farm Takeovers
Ndomudumilisa Tate Robathi Mugabe, nengube ndiziba zwangu kuti lukwalo gogu amutowogubala. Pamwe mwe waboSungwaha kene boKadzaha benyu unowogubala akapindisila mbiko kumuli.Your excellence...Published: 13 Mar 2015 at 19:22hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Mugabe's govt ups efforts to evict last white farmers
THERE is an upsurge in attempts to forcibly take over Zimbabwean properties still owned by whites 15 years after the launch of a land reform programme, a farmers' union said on Tuesday.The Com...Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 14:51hrs | | by Sapa
Zimbabwe land grab hero now landless!
In 2000, Timon Shava was a hero of Zimbabwe's land reform program when he joined hundreds of other landless people in a wave of land seizures and evictions of white farmers.Today, he is hom...Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 09:22hrs | | by Sapa
Grace Mugabe seeks to control more land
In 2000, Timon Shava was a hero of Zimbabwe's land reform programme when he joined hundreds of other landless peasants in a wave of land seizures and evictions of white farmers.Today, he is ho...Published: 21 Jan 2015 at 16:46hrs | | by AP
Let goodwill be extended to the First Lady to keep the pressure on
The Zimbabwe Unemployed People's Association (ZUPA) which represents the interests of millions of economically disadvantaged people is encouraged by the position of first lady on key issues such...Published: 24 Oct 2014 at 20:06hrs | | by Zupa
Mangoma holds parallel rallies
SUSPENDED MDC-T deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma has escalated his defiance campaign by addressing parallel grassroot rallies to drum up support for his push for leadership renewal.Mang...Published: 31 Mar 2014 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's farm invasions bring smiles to new farmers
Bonus Matashu points to a three-tonne truck he bought for $15 000 in cash and says President Robert Mugabe's often violent programme of seizing white-owned farms and giving them to black Zimbabwea...Published: 05 Nov 2013 at 02:26hrs | | by Bloomberg
Mujuru gets upper hand as cabinet choices dash hopes of reform
President Robert Mugabe's new cabinet includes hardliners accused of murdering opposition supporters and of destroying the economy over the last 14 years. But his choices indicate that he na...Published: 11 Sep 2013 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Controversies give Obama new governing headaches
U.S. President Barack Obama learned on Monday what can happen to presidents caught up in allegations of scandal: they have to address them instead of anything else.It happened when the preside...Published: 14 May 2013 at 05:39hrs | | by Reuters
'MDC-T is lost and misguided on land reform,' claims Rhodesian Prophet
A Bulawayo-based preacher of British descent, Steve Blomefield, has uttered a prophetic claim that PM Morgan Tsvangirai's party is lost and misguided regarding its position on President Robert Mugabe'...Published: 13 May 2013 at 03:56hrs | | by zimeye
Chamber of Mines seeks clarity on mining ground takeovers
The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe may soon engage government over compulsory acquisition of excess mining ground by the State amid concerns that the new "use it or lose policy" may affect mineral outpu...Published: 09 May 2013 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Standard Bank says wants to keep majority of Stanbic
South Africa's Standard Bank wants to keep a majority stake in its Zimbabwean unit, its new joint chief executive said on Thursday, despite Harare's demand to hand control to local blacks.Zimb...Published: 07 Mar 2013 at 18:45hrs | | by Business reporter
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has died,
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer, ending 14 years of tumultuous rule that made the socialist leader a hero for the poor but a hate figure to his opp...Published: 05 Mar 2013 at 20:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mutambara decries mine takeovers
Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara on Wednesday castigated people who are illegally seizing mines under the guise of the indigenisation policy, describing it as "law of the jungle." Mutamb...Published: 22 Feb 2013 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
New constitution prohibits black land seizures
MDC-T Copac co-chair Douglas Mwonzora said the inclusive government has stepped up efforts to stop black-against-black land takeovers by providing in the draft constitution the compensation of all agr...Published: 14 Feb 2013 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wildlife ranchers warn on Mugabe
A group of wildlife ranchers in southeastern Zimbabwe warned Tuesday that land and hunting permit takeovers by politicians from President Robert Mugabe’s party were threatening safar...Published: 12 Sep 2012 at 05:13hrs | | by AFP
Zim banks will definitely be indigenised says Kasukuwere
Youth Development, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday vowed to extend company seizures to banks, saying there won't be any sacred cows and only "prayer" wou...Published: 04 Aug 2012 at 15:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe legalise land grabs in new constitution
The drafters of Zimbabwe's new constitution are facing serious criticism for signing off on a document that appears to legalise state sanctioned theft of land, which could potentially lead to a fresh ...Published: 25 Jul 2012 at 10:06hrs | | by Alex Bell I SW Radio
Zim generals have no capacity to carry out a coup
MDC secretary-general, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, has said the military top brass were posturing when they claimed they would not salute anyone without liberation credentials.She said th...Published: 09 Jul 2012 at 16:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 companies proposing to list on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) listing drought is expected to end amid revelations that three new companies are proposing to list on the local bourse.According to official sources within t...Published: 08 May 2012 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in disarray in Bulawayo as top officials fight
BULAWAYO - Zanu-PF is in disarray in Bulawayo where top party officials are at each other's throats.So intense is the factionalism that the Zanu-PF politburo on Wednesday tasked party chairpe...Published: 31 Mar 2012 at 14:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
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